maiden
yal.dah denotes a female person, shown as a prospective wife and as one among girls in city streets.
The attested uses refer to female persons: one is requested as a wife in Genesis 34:4, while the plural names girls laughing in the city’s streets in Zechariah 8:5.
Senses in use
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Female person in marriage and public life · dominant
In Genesis 34:4, the singular absolute noun identifies the female person whom Shechem asks his father to take for him as a wife; the APB renders the clause, “Take this maiden for me as a wife.” In Zechariah 8:5, the plural absolute form occurs among those filling the city’s streets; the APB renders “youths and maidens laughing in her streets.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “maiden” in Genesis 34:4 and “maidens” in Zechariah 8:5. These renderings confirm the verses’ presentation without isolating every lexical detail.